Originally Posted by
damaxer91
Originally Posted by
deer
Generally raise room rates by 100 USD - and include all food and all standard drinks in it (already at some Amanresorts anytime or at low season), so the at-the-Home-of-a-friend-without-thinking-about-money-feeling even improves further!
You can't really expect this to happen.
A large percentage of their income comes from this, 100 USD is what most of us spend at Lunch
lounge thread >
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
I don't know why Aman quote a room rate and then quote a compulsory extra charge. Why not just quote an all-inclusive figure? I feel much the same way about the charges at Amanpulo - room only . . . so where are you going to eat off the resort for dinner?
Musken amanoi trip report >
Originally Posted by
Musken
Originally Posted by
Pausanias
why does Aman persist in charging separately for meals when no one is really going to eat off resort or bring their own? They can create an all-inclusive plan in Cambodia so why not here or at Amanpulo? It would make life so much simpler for us and for them, surely.
I have never tried to ask them go give me an offer for all inclusive where it is not standard, but I am sure that would be possible. For Amanoi, however, I guess it is actually cheaper not to do this as the portions are large and prices low, meaning you normally would not eat three courses for dinner for example.
current summary >
Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
standard rates not exclusives >
kora - full board alcohol and 7 nt private driver and guide
sara - half board alcohol "twice daily private guided"
taka - half board alcohol "house outings once a day"
ikhas - full board alcohol laundry
wana - full board laundry
giri - full board (added high season rate)
puri - low season half board (removed low season rate)
exclusives >
yara >
5 nt half board : jan 7 - apr 10 excluding feb 13-23
3 nt half board : apr 28 - may 31 / nov 1 - dec 19 excluding nov 26-31
3 nt full board : jun 1 - oct 31 (plus 5th nt free)
(thats the whole year minus 4 holidays)
sveti stefan - milocer full board low season
ruya - 2 nt full board low season
gani - 2 nt half board low season
jena - 3 nt half board low season
sri lanka - 7 nt full board "fort and beach journey"
india - 6 nt full board "camp and oasis" $870 for transfers; 2 activities; full board, guaranteed upgrade, laundry at bagh
thats 9 properties, and if pulo keeps new year-round it makes 10
sri lanka exclusive is not new, but india one is in past few years
and i think because of rate increase at pulo >
Originally Posted by
Kagehitokiri
doesnt no-signing cover the biggest issue? when (significant) fee is only for food/alcohol (and not anything else) i personally can spend less by only ordering dinner entree - a less expensive one if necessary. (and some eat outside resort when possible.)
Originally Posted by
deer
100 USD all food all standard drinks
exactly what food/drinks for $50 (€36.68) per person? even if you are factoring in aman rates, they have not already factored in inclusions that are not there yet. but they have clearly been experimenting with this for years. (DLF and or economy?)
Originally Posted by
deer
Free In-Room-Minibar in all Amanresorts (we do not want to think about how much to pay for a small bottle of orange juice
it is interesting some aman include minibar/laundry, and most including the new ones that do this
do not indicate they do it IIRC. like sveti stefan includes laundry? and several including new ones include minibar? but not indicating makes comparison confusing. when someone first pointed out something that was not indicated (on aman site rates) i thought id start list, but realized it was too few at the time. unfortunately (for keeping track) at this point it may have become a handful. regardless, any inclusions are great!
edit - and of course it could be that these things are not indicated so that they can be removed at any time or be less flexible.